Far richer he who dines on simple herbs,
Than knaves and fools who sip their crystal wines,
And trust the glitter of deceitful wealth.
Hesiod (c. 8th century BC) Ancient Greece
Translated by Frederic Rowland Marvin
Source: Flowers of song from many lands; being short poems and detached verses gathered from various languages and rendered into English by Frederic Rowland Marvin, Pafraets Book Company, 1902
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